NAC439.341. Hearing officers: Appointment; term; assignments; duties.

     1. The Administrator shall appoint three permanent employees of the Division to act as hearing officers. The hearing officers shall perform their duties in addition to their regularly assigned duties.

     2. An employee appointed as a hearing officer must be appointed for a term of 2 years.

     3. The Administrator of the Division shall rotate the assignment of appeals among the hearing officers. Upon receipt of a request for an appeal to be heard by a hearing officer, the Administrator shall assign the appeal to the next hearing officer in the rotation unless that hearing officer has a conflict of interest or is otherwise disqualified from hearing the appeal.

     4. A hearing officer shall not hear requests for variances from the requirements of a regulation.

     5. The Administrator may revoke the appointment or change the assignment of a hearing officer for good cause.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R037-97, eff. 10-30-97)